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Farming & the land, 1908

1,362 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 68 of 69

Sydney' Wool Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 December 1908 · page 6

Hill, Clark, and Co. report:—Wool: We submitted a catalogue of 2569 bales and have to report a very satisfactory clearance good wools: prices were firm for good, but some of…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 19 December 1908 · page 2

WINCHCOMBE, CARRON AND CO.'s REPORT: Our catalogue on Monday comprised quite a number of superier wools calculated to tempt American competition. These found a…

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Farm and Field. News and Notes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 December 1908 · page 12

The thirty-second yearly meeting of the Miler's Forest Creamery Company was held in the creamery building on Monday, 7th inst., Mr. W. Osborn, chairman of the board…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 December 1908 · page 4
Also in Singleton Argus

By Dalgety and Co, Ltd, 18th December, 1908:—Wool sales in the Sydney, Melbourne, and Geelong markets were suspended for the…

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A Fatal Upset. Invalid Farmer Killed. Bellingen

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 December 1908 · page 5

While driving with his wife and 18 year-old son in a sulky on Sunday Jno. James Keogh, a farmer was overturned into a bed of the river at Upper South Arm and was…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 23 December 1908 · page 4

FOR week ending December 19, 1908: Wool.—The auctions of the past week closed the half years wool selling business, and it is gratifying on look…

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Immigrant Farm Hands

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 December 1908 · page 4

At the end of the present month, or the beginning of the New Year, a number of immigrant labourers and farm hands will be arriving. Any person desiring of…

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Big Overland Teip. 1400 Miles with Cattle

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 December 1908 · page 3

About 2000 head of store bullocks, the property of the Bank of New South Wales, were recently delivered at Muswellbrook from Vanrock station, in the…

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Sulky Accident. Farmer Killed, and His Wife Seriously Injured

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 December 1908 · page 6

While driving with his wife and 13 year old son in a sulky on Sunday in the Bellingen district. Mr Jno. James Keogh, farmer. was overturned into the…

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The Cattle Stealers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 26 December 1908 · page 3

A TALE OF THIS MULGA PLAINS. W. H. Ogllvie writes in the "Westminster Gazette" of October 3:—In common with many of the other…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 December 1908 · page 7

Dalgety and Company, Ltd., report:—Wool sales in the Sydney, Melbourne, and Geelong markets were suspended for the usual Christmas recess as from December…

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Farm and Field. News and Notes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 December 1908 · page 14

A plague of bot flies is causing much damage among horses in the Goulburn district. A Sydney broker has received an order for 500 boxes of butter to be sent to the United States by…

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A Fatal Upset. Invalid Farmer Killed. Bellingen

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 December 1908 · page 7

While driving with his wife and 13 year-old son in a sulky on Sunday Jno. James Keogh, a farmer was overturned into a bed of the river at Upper South Arm and was…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 December 1908 · page 2

Schute, Bell and Co report:— Although many growers are unavoidably disappointed that their wool has not been sold before Christmas,both buyers and selling brokers keenly welcome the break in…

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The Farm and Dairy. Wheat Breeding

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 December 1908 · page 3

Wheat improvment may be done in two ways (says the West Australia "Journal of Agriculture,") the first and most generally followed is by simple selection,…

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Feeding the Dairy Cow

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 December 1908 · page 3

Mr. J. M. B. Connor, Victorian Government Dairy Supervisor, writes:— Hand-in-hand with the selection and breeding of dairy cows is the question of proper…

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Farming Prospects and Finances

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 December 1908 · page 3

Splendid rains have fallen throughout the Dominion, and the prospects of the farmers are excellent (says a New Zealand journalist recently). In Canterbury and Otago…

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The Dairy Cow

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 December 1908 · page 3

There is a distinct personality about the dairy cow possessed by no other animal. She is a class by herself. She is both a luxury and a necessity, because of her…

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Keeping Pigs on the Farm. an Expert's Opinions. t

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 December 1908 · page 6

With regard to the pig-keeping business, Mr. Smith, the Victorian pig expert, has a word to say about the housing accommodation. To him it has always seemed cruel to sty up pigs in…

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